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| Release Date: January 14, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
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Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The TelegraphTim RobeyJan 15, 2015
It tests our presumptions, makes us squirm. Read full review
100
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonJan 15, 2015
It's the rare contemporary film that's as majestically and gruelingly rigorous in its form as in its thematic interrogations. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 15, 2015
It is provocative simply in showing how trust is gained and kept, even after the swindled kids have understood their robbers’ motives. Read full review
80
The DissolveScott TobiasJan 15, 2015
Little about [Östlund’s] work is simple-minded or cut-and-dried. His films marinate in viewer discomfort. Read full review
80
The GuardianHenry BarnesJan 15, 2015
The message is laid on slow and thick, but it's no less powerful for it. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie FelperinJan 15, 2015
Pic is a little too pleased with its own evenhanded presentation of liberal moral conundrums, but there’s no gainsaying Ostlund’s remarkable achievement in coaxing entirely naturalistic perfs from his young core cast Read full review
60
EmpirePatrick PetersJan 15, 2015
May be contrived and overlong, but it is also technically distinctive and utterly compelling in its analysis of Swedish attitudes towards race. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJan 15, 2015
The ultimate effect of [Östlund's] studied techniques is more restricting than beneficial, which, combined with a protracted running time, faintly self-righteous air and a perplexing, misguided coda, produces a sense of letdown at the end despite the strength of much that has come before. Read full review
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